Month: June 2014
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Michael Phelps Photobombs NBC Bay Area News Crew
See NBC Bay Area A run-of-the-mill local news shoot at a Silicon Valley swim meet became an opportunity for the most decorated Olympian of all-time to photobomb a friend. Michael Phelps photobombed NBC Bay Area’s interview with fellow Olympian Allison Schmitt.
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Team GB swimmer Grant Turner confirms retirement
Read BBC The 25-year-old won relay silver at the Commonwealth Games in 2010 and represented Team GB at London 2012. But he revealed last month that he was considering quitting after failing to make the 39-strong team for this summer’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Turner announced his decision on his Twitter account on Friday, saying:…
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Libby Trickett reveals she is confronting the transformation from sculpted athlete to a female figure
Read The Courier Mail The four-time Olympic gold medallist, who retired last year, was renowned for having one of the most chiselled physiques in sport. Trickett’s impressive frame led to hurtful and unsubstantiated drug rumours in 2006 and now she wants to help women Ânationwide embrace their bodies. “I wasn’t a woman, I was an…
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Swimming in Style: The $250 Bathing Suit
See Bloomberg TV Vilebrequin’s Brian Lange discusses the company’s premium men’s swimwear with Pimm Fox on “Taking Stock.”
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Katie Ledecky 15:34.23 and World Record in the 1500 free
Read SwimmingWorld The American distance star just keeps on dropping jaws as NCAP’s Katie Ledecky smashed her own world record in the women’s 1500-meter free with a sizzling time of 15:34.23. Ledecky’s effort crushed her previous mark of 15:36.53 set at the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona, and provides a potentially scary time to come…
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Teaching young kids to swim can save their lives
See WALB Emergency workers says it’s never too early to teach children how to swim. Parents should also learn basic swimming safety so they can protect their kids. WALB.com, Albany News, Weather, Sports
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Mother works for swim safety after her two children drown
See Local12 It’s been a mission Barbara Jeff has been on for three years: making sure children learn to swim and that money won’t be a barrier in getting them lessons. Her two boys, Cameron and Bryce, drowned in 2011 in a neighbor’s pool. Sadly, Barbara has learned since then nine children drown every day…
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Amy Van Dyken ‘Going to Get Through It’
See ABC News The six-time Olympic Gold medalist swimmer who severed her spinal cord in an ATV crash says the surgeon told her to say her goodbyes to her husband after the crash. “There’s a good chance I wasn’t going to make it out of surgery,†Amy Van Dyken-Rouen said Wednesday. “I looked at my…
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Teen drowns at popular swimming hole in Saline County, Arkansas
See THV11 A fun day in the water with friends turned deadly for a Saline County teenager. It’s the second drowning involving a teen this week in Arkansas. Authorities said 18-year old Michael Ryan Baker was swimming when he went underwater and never re-surfaced. As the days grow hotter, so does the popularity of cooling…